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Need HELP I.D think W

Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 1:31 pm
by garddogg56
I ran this knife on Q+A,I THINK THEY ARE STUMPED ::shrug:: Anyway has anyone ever heard of Walter&Co or it may be Walters & Co.thats on the tang first line,line 2 is WARRENTED,line 3 is CAST-STEEL any help would be appreciated thanks Bob.

Re: Need HELP I.D think W

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 1:19 am
by garddogg56
Nobody in the EUROPEAN KNIFE theater has ever heard of WALTER & Co knives ::shrug:: Must be a rare one :shock:

Re: Need HELP I.D think W

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2012 8:46 am
by dkonopinski
Could this be it?

http://www.walter.es/

Good luck with the research.

David

Re: Need HELP I.D think W

Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:18 pm
by smiling-knife
There was a J. (John) Walters & Co in Sheffield around the middle of the 1840s-1860s. No idea if that is related to your knife.

Re: Need HELP I.D think W

Posted: Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:23 pm
by garddogg56
Thanks S-K The old knife maker from up North has helped me and this knife is German C.1884-1895 Walter&Co made bayonets Muhlhausen in Thur moved to Werke.